The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-05-27

W. E. Curtis in Chicago News.


Congressman Springer was taIL,.
the other day about the cotnmaa.
that were customary on the honsa I.
representatives. He said: 'Tye NJ
in congress good while, and NJ.
come to the opinion, from my obss.
walton and experience, that the IS.
who come here are fair types Of e.,
constituents. Take Gen. Wollo.a IS
example. A good deal of fun 4 MAJ 's
of him, but he represents faiplv sSs
Ieo2le who sent him here, and tba os
man Is a singed cat, too. He il q bsss
smarter than he looks. have hsss
a good story OF his campaigning H.
comes from the mountain dist.;ss
where no newspapers are publishss
where schools are few and far batyas.i
where the people burn pine kpots
for light and make moonsnfne whisky
During his campaign the RepubIicas.
sent down from Louisville 4 hiobir.
educated and thoroughbred oent.
man by the name OF Speed, to mar
speeches, and old Wolford challenoss
him to a joint debate. It took MAJ
in a Free Will Baptist church ana
Speed had the first speech. Most Il
the audience were ex-confederatss
and Speed dilated on the generosity
OF the Republican party toward tba
rebels at the close of the war M
said that at the surrender Gen. Grant
would not accept Lees sword, that
he gave every confederate soldier
his horse and gun, and that after Jea
Davis was captured he was not even
tried for treason.
"This suited old Wolford exactly
and when it came his turn to speak
he took Speeds remarks for his text
denying everything the latter had said
why, felIer-citizens,' he explain
ed, me, an you know better nor that
We was thar We know that The
honorable gentleman from LooeyyilIs
was lynn when he talked about Gen
Grant refusing to accept Gen. Lees
sword. We was tharl We know
teller-Citizens, that Gen. Grant notion.
ly tux Gen. Lees sword, but we knox
that he melted up the gold scabbard
fur dollars, an that he is now usin
the blade for caryin' knife, We was
thar! An we know, feller-citizens,
that the honorable gentleman from
Looeyville was lyin' when he said that
Gen. Grant give every confederate his
horse. We was thar We know that
the id Yankees tux them critters
home with 'em, an are ploughin' with
'em this very day! We was thar
An we know, TELLER citizens, that the
honorable gentleman from LooeyviIle
was Iyin' when he said that JEFF
Davis was let GO. We was thar! We
know, ieller-citizens, that the did
Yankees hung JEFF Davis, for we seen
'em hang him. We was thar An
we know, feller-citizens that they hung
him to q sour apple tree, for we was
thar! An we know, feller-citizens,
that if JEFF Devils was alive this day,
an in this midst he would rise up and
say so, fur he was thar! At this
point in Gen. Wolford's discourse Mr.
Speed rose and said that he had listen
ed to that sort OF nonsense long
enough, and protested against his op-
ponent turning political discussion
into ridiculous farce. Every man
in this audience knows, he said, that
Jefferson Davis is alive and unpunish.
ed to day They do, hayr respond.
ed old Wolford They do, hay2 III
bet yer skin they don't, an feller-cit-
izens you uns think OF a lackass
that'll come all th' way from Looey-
vile to try to make you think that
JEFF Davis the martyr, who is. nov
singing psalms with the cherrybums n
heaven, is alive an well this days We
know better, feller. citizens. we vas
thar! An now, to conviG2e the hon
orable gentleman from Looeyville that
ne amt a goin' to make any votes by
that sort o. lyin', ] want to tell him
we was thar We was all thar, teller-
citizens, we was all thar An q Be
don't believe it, feller-citizens, ! want
every man in this house who was thar
when JEFF. Davis was hung, an see hlm
hung, ter stan up on his legs, an swar
TO it.'
Every man in the audience arose
to his feet, and Wolford looked aroupa
to Judge Speed with look Of triumph
in his eve, and exclaimed: You uns
can't come down into this deestrict
with yer d--d lies, an of you have gos
any more OF 'em We better keep EN- 70
tell yer ignorant folks to home.
"Judge Speed got a wagon to taKs
him to the nearest railway statlon
that night and abandoned the can
yass. ["